MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.17,-91.18 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -91.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 53 SFC 999 60 24.8 18.4 68 6.4 20.4 242 6 298.0 300.4 293.6 336.9 13.42 2 950 503 23.6 16.7 65 6.9 18.9 211 22 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.4 12.69 3 900 973 19.7 15.1 75 4.6 16.7 198 29 301.8 304.1 293.7 337.5 12.10 4 850 1463 15.3 14.1 93 1.2 14.5 194 32 302.1 304.4 293.7 337.6 12.00 5 800 1974 11.6 8.9 84 2.6 10.0 207 35 303.5 305.1 291.8 330.3 9.00 6 750 2510 7.5 1.2 64 6.3 4.2 208 41 304.7 305.7 289.2 321.6 5.56 7 700 3076 5.1 4.0 93 1.1 4.5 215 41 308.2 309.6 291.9 330.6 7.33 8 650 3678 1.3 0.0 91 1.3 0.6 216 50 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.8 5.90 9 600 4319 -1.8 -2.4 96 0.6 -2.1 216 59 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.0 5.35 10 550 5009 -4.7 -5.4 95 0.7 -5.0 221 65 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.6 4.66 11 500 5754 -8.2 -9.1 93 1.0 -8.6 230 68 323.1 323.8 293.2 335.7 3.83 12 450 6566 -13.5 -15.1 88 1.6 -14.0 236 69 326.3 326.8 293.1 335.3 2.64 13 400 7450 -20.0 -22.8 78 2.8 -20.8 241 67 329.0 329.3 292.9 334.4 1.53 14 350 8426 -27.1 -31.1 69 4.0 -27.8 247 65 332.2 332.4 293.1 335.2 0.82 15 300 9516 -36.2 -41.3 60 5.1 -36.7 248 58 334.4 334.4 293.2 335.7 0.34 16 250 10755 -45.2 -52.3 45 7.1 -45.6 240 57 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.4 0.12 17 200 12219 -52.0 -71.7 8 19.7 -52.4 248 62 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14042 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.4 249 53 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16505 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 259 39 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.40 m Freezing level: 628.63 mb = 3952.20 m = 12966.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.76 mb = 3817.92 m = 12525.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.08 mb = 876.39 m = 2875.26 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.98 C/km ThetaE index: 16.01 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.92 mb = 1513.18 m = 4964.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.05 C = 84.30 F Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lifted Index: -0.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 397.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.30 mb = 1299.99 m = 4265.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.30 mb = 1752.31 m = 5748.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 271.30 mb = 10199.76 m = 33463.38 ft B at Equ Level: 393.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.30 mb = 12500.81 m = 41012.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 45.6 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.9 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 229.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 229.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 3.22 Bulk Shear: 123.44 m/s